Originally posted by grumpy1: Wife and daughter both take D3 supplement and got type A flu. I got the shot and did not.
How much do they take? The FDA only recommends 400 IU while you need to test your blood to see what your levels are.
I take 5000 IU a day and my levels are still on the low end of the recommended range.
At least 2000 a day. Wife went to ER and they did blood panel for her and everything was fine other than potassium was low and they gave her IV to get that up. She was on the verge of getting pneumonia but all better now.
I started taking 2000 D3 a day because in June 2016 my level was 25.6 and last June it went up to 42.4. Recommended minimum on my test results showed 30.0. My doctors office keeps all test results and everything else online for easy checking and goes back about 4 years.
February 06, 2018, 07:29 AM
Karpteach
I live in NY where 2 young children have died from complications of the flu. Attendance at our school is down 30% from students and staff with flu like symptoms. I pray every body stays well.
February 06, 2018, 01:31 PM
rduckwor
Apparently two influenza viruses, H3N3, and H1N1 are circulating. Both are bad for different groups.
There is also an Adenovirus in some parts of the country that is hell on wheels. My wife and I snagged that one and it was very tough. She wound up with pneumonia and we both took a course of antibiotics to get over it (Yes, I know antibiotics don't touch a virus, but they help prevent secondary infections). She's fine, I still have plugged ears.
Be careful out there!
RMD
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February 06, 2018, 01:42 PM
Mars_Attacks
I got the shot and Tabitha did not.
She has the flu, I do not.
Everyone at work who did not get the shot have been sick.
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February 06, 2018, 03:44 PM
Georgeair
It's not the Spanish Flu yet, but it's pretty bad!
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February 07, 2018, 06:41 AM
BamaJeepster
Schools around here have been shutting down - the systems in the county I live and the adjacent counties are closed the rest of the week. Our county had a 28% absence rate yesterday and they were having trouble finding substitute teachers to fill in for the sick ones. They are bringing in crews to disinfect the schools while they are closed.
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February 07, 2018, 08:06 AM
GregY
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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks: I got the shot and Tabitha did not.
She has the flu, I do not.
Everyone at work who did not get the shot have been sick.
Both people in my office (so far) with confirmed swab tests had also had the flu shot.
On that sample, flu shot appears to cause the flu.
February 07, 2018, 08:14 AM
MNSIG
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Originally posted by GregY:On that sample, flu shot appears to cause the flu.
BULLSHIT....
There certainly is reason to believe that this year's vaccine is a mismatch and not particularly effective, but dead virus CAN NOT give you the flu!
Uggggg!!!!!!
February 07, 2018, 08:28 AM
GregY
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Originally posted by MNSIG:
quote:
Originally posted by GregY:On that sample, flu shot appears to cause the flu.
BULLSHIT....
There certainly is reason to believe that this year's vaccine is a mismatch and not particularly effective, but dead virus CAN NOT give you the flu!
Uggggg!!!!!!
Work on your reading comprehension, including context.
Hint is that it's a poor idea to overgeneralise from very small sample sizes.
February 07, 2018, 08:28 AM
yanici
quote:
Originally posted by Mars_Attacks: I got the shot and Tabitha did not.
She has the flu, I do not.
Everyone at work who did not get the shot have been sick.
Works for you but both the wife and I got the shot and still got the flu. She ended up in hospital getting an I.V. I'm on day six, feel better but cough and running nose still there.
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February 07, 2018, 08:33 AM
MNSIG
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Originally posted by GregY: Work on your reading comprehension, including context.
Hint is that it's a poor idea to overgeneralise from very small sample sizes.
My reading comprehension is just fine. There is no indication of sarcasm in your post. If that was your intent, I apologize. I just get really tired of people thinking flu vaccine gave them the flu.
February 07, 2018, 01:53 PM
grumpy1
quote:
Originally posted by MNSIG:
quote:
Originally posted by GregY:On that sample, flu shot appears to cause the flu.
BULLSHIT....
There certainly is reason to believe that this year's vaccine is a mismatch and not particularly effective, but dead virus CAN NOT give you the flu!
Uggggg!!!!!!
Agreed. Wife was diagnosed with type A flu and then daughter got it. I got the shot and never got it even with her coughing on my all night long!
February 07, 2018, 01:53 PM
DSgrouse
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Originally posted by DSgrouse: suffering through it now. Day 6
day 13 finally feeling better. I have a little cough left. My wife has had it since friday. Tripple sinus rinses daily, over a gallon of water daily.
February 07, 2018, 02:00 PM
Kevbo
A classmate of mine from West Point died this week from the flu
He was still very active and athletic...former Army football player, did things like tough mudder runs, etc
Leaves behind 2 young kids and a wife
He was in his early 40s
We get the cdc info for pediatrics (because I own a pediatric practice). The majority of pediatric flu deaths are in unvaccinated children
The vaccine is not preventing a lot of flue, but is mitigating it
Anecdotal evidence is also bearing this out. On Monday at my office, across 3 providers, we had 71 sick visits. Almost all the really really sick kids did not get vaccinated
I know a lot of people on this board don’t believe in the vaccination. That’s fine. But if you are the caregiver of someone who is immunocompromised (young or old, or otherwise) please rethink it for them
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February 07, 2018, 03:45 PM
WingedMedic
Getting over both Step Throat and the Flu. Got Strep 1/26, got on Augmentin and had to keep working (good luck getting time off right now if you work in a hospital). Picked up the Flu a few days later, and somehow managed to get two days off (couldn’t walk down the hall without having to sit down).
It seems about half of our hospital physicians/staff are sick right now (strep, flu, pneumonia, etc), and have to keep chugging along.
February 07, 2018, 03:53 PM
Balzé Halzé
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Originally posted by Kevbo:
I know a lot of people on this board don’t believe in the vaccination. That’s fine. But if you are the caregiver of someone who is immunocompromised (young or old, or otherwise) please rethink it for them
I've never had the flu shot and likely never will.
However, when the time came that my daughter was old enough to get the shot, we got it for her.
After the age of three though, I'm not sure if she'll still get the shot. We'll see.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Balzé Halzé,
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February 07, 2018, 06:01 PM
Jimineer
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Originally posted by rduckwor: Apparently two influenza viruses, H3N3, and H1N1 are circulating. Both are bad for different groups.
There is also an Adenovirus in some parts of the country that is hell on wheels. My wife and I snagged that one and it was very tough. She wound up with pneumonia and we both took a course of antibiotics to get over it (Yes, I know antibiotics don't touch a virus, but they help prevent secondary infections). She's fine, I still have plugged ears.
Be careful out there!
RMD
I heard on the news this morning that it’s possible to get both types of flu at the same time. Not surprising, but I just hadn’t considered that possibility before. That would suck for sure. I wonder how survivable it would be for the average person?
February 07, 2018, 07:04 PM
egregore
Two co-workers got it, and I have heard reports of some local schools closing for the rest of the week because of it.
February 07, 2018, 10:06 PM
irreverent
quote:
Originally posted by Kevbo: A classmate of mine from West Point died this week from the flu
He was still very active and athletic...former Army football player, did things like tough mudder runs, etc
Leaves behind 2 young kids and a wife
He was in his early 40s
We get the cdc info for pediatrics (because I own a pediatric practice). The majority of pediatric flu deaths are in unvaccinated children
The vaccine is not preventing a lot of flue, but is mitigating it
Anecdotal evidence is also bearing this out. On Monday at my office, across 3 providers, we had 71 sick visits. Almost all the really really sick kids did not get vaccinated
I know a lot of people on this board don’t believe in the vaccination. That’s fine. But if you are the caregiver of someone who is immunocompromised (young or old, or otherwise) please rethink it for them
How do you come by the information you collected on Monday? Did you poll the parents? I think that would be an awkward question, almost designed to put them on guard. I’d think they feel bad enough that their child was sick without their Dr office asking them if they had vaccinated for something that indicated 10% efficacy? Not judging you or your office, just wondering how you collected your information.
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February 07, 2018, 10:10 PM
a1abdj
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Did you poll the parents? I think that would be an awkward question, almost designed to put them on guard. I’d think they feel bad enough that their child was sick without their Dr office asking them if they had vaccinated for something that indicated 10% efficacy?
I think that would be a perfectly reasonable question to ask somebody who had come into a doctors office with a child that may have the flu.
You're not feeling well. You think it's the flu? Did you have the shot? Seems pertinent to me.
